Poverty Status of Persons 65 or Older Based on Family IncomeTable 8.3Social Security beneficiaries, based on family income with and without Social Security benefits, by age, sex, marital status, race, and Hispanic origin

Age and sex

Number(thousands)

Percentage belowpoverty line

Percentagebelow povertyline withoutSocial Security

Difference

All persons

All persons

29,616

8.5

48.1

39.5

65–69

8,031

6.6

36.9

30.3

70–74

7,674

7.9

44.8

36.9

75–79

6,644

8.6

54.0

45.4

80–84

4,215

10.0

56.0

46.0

85 or older

3,051

13.0

62.1

49.1

Men

12,689

5.9

42.3

36.4

65–69

3,811

5.2

31.9

26.7

70–74

3,408

6.1

40.4

34.3

75–79

2,709

4.9

47.6

42.7

80–84

1,696

6.1

50.4

44.2

85 or older

1,066

9.6

58.7

49.2

Women

16,927

10.5

52.5

41.9

65–69

4,221

7.9

41.4

33.5

70–74

4,266

9.4

48.3

38.9

75–79

3,936

11.2

58.4

47.2

80–84

2,519

12.6

59.8

47.2

85 or older

1,985

14.9

64.0

49.1

By marital status

Married

All persons

16,238

2.8

41.4

38.6

65–69

5,547

3.1

32.1

29.0

70–74

4,671

2.2

39.1

36.9

75–79

3,456

2.3

49.0

46.7

80–84

1,776

3.6

53.5

49.8

85 or older

788

3.9

60.0

56.1

Men

9,215

2.9

39.4

36.5

65–69

3,021

3.4

29.1

25.7

70–74

2,560

2.5

35.6

33.1

75–79

1,971

2.5

47.4

44.9

80–84

1,123

2.9

51.9

48.9

85 or older

541

3.8

60.7

56.9

Women

7,022

2.6

43.9

41.3

65–69

2,525

2.8

35.6

32.9

70–74

2,111

1.9

43.3

41.4

75–79

1,485

2.1

51.1

49.0

80–84

653

4.9

56.2

51.4

85 or older

247

4.2

58.5

54.3

Nonmarried a

All persons

13,378

15.6

56.2

40.7

65–69

2,485

14.5

47.6

33.1

70–74

3,004

16.8

53.7

37.0

75–79

3,189

15.5

59.4

43.9

80–84

2,439

14.6

57.8

43.2

85 or older

2,262

16.2

62.9

46.6

Men

3,473

13.8

49.8

36.0

65–69

789

12.4

42.7

30.4

70–74

848

16.9

55.0

38.1

75–79

738

11.5

48.3

36.8

80–84

573

12.5

47.5

35.0

85 or older

524

15.5

56.7

41.2

Women

9,905

16.2

58.5

42.3

65–69

1,695

15.5

49.9

34.4

70–74

2,155

16.7

53.2

36.5

75–79

2,451

16.7

62.8

46.1

80–84

1,866

15.3

61.0

45.7

85 or older

1,738

16.4

64.7

48.3

Widowed

All persons

9,675

14.4

57.5

43.0

65–69

1,308

12.9

51.0

38.2

70–74

1,921

14.1

52.3

38.1

75–79

2,393

14.9

60.8

45.9

80–84

2,031

14.0

58.2

44.1

85 or older

2,021

15.6

61.9

46.3

Men

1,905

12.3

47.4

35.1

65–69

269

7.4

39.6

32.1

70–74

366

14.7

49.3

34.6

75–79

423

12.3

46.0

33.7

80–84

414

10.3

46.3

36.0

85 or older

433

15.1

52.9

37.8

Women

7,770

15.0

59.9

45.0

65–69

1,039

14.3

54.0

39.7

70–74

1,555

14.0

53.0

39.0

75–79

1,970

15.5

64.0

48.5

80–84

1,617

15.0

61.2

46.2

85 or older

1,588

15.7

64.3

48.6

Never married

All persons

1,057

22.5

56.2

33.7

65–69

267

16.5

44.6

28.1

70–74

281

25.8

53.5

27.6

75–79

269

20.0

59.6

39.6

80–84

141

24.5

65.5

41.0

85 or older

99

32.7

72.6

39.8

Men

496

25.9

59.0

33.2

65–69

137

16.4

44.8

28.4

70–74

161

29.7

61.7

32.0

75–79

119

19.4

59.9

40.5

80–84

52

b

b

b

85 or older

27

b

b

b

Women

561

19.5

53.7

34.2

65–69

130

16.6

44.4

27.8

70–74

120

20.7

42.4

21.7

75–79

149

20.5

59.4

38.9

80–84

89

14.6

63.8

49.2

85 or older

72

b

b

b

Divorced

All persons

2,060

15.0

50.0

35.1

65–69

740

14.8

43.9

29.1

70–74

638

16.8

56.3

39.5

75–79

420

12.6

47.5

34.9

80–84

177

11.0

47.5

36.5

85 or older

85

23.0

74.7

51.6

Men

824

9.7

50.0

40.3

65–69

305

13.1

46.2

33.1

70–74

254

9.9

59.8

49.9

75–79

169

4.4

42.3

37.9

80–84

63

b

b

b

85 or older

33

b

b

b

Women

1,236

18.5

50.1

31.6

65–69

435

16.0

42.3

26.2

70–74

384

21.3

53.9

32.6

75–79

251

18.0

51.0

32.9

80–84

114

12.8

51.9

39.2

85 or older

53

b

b

b

By race

White

All persons

26,447

7.4

47.2

39.8

65–69

7,045

5.7

35.6

29.9

70–74

6,831

6.6

43.8

37.3

75–79

5,971

7.7

53.4

45.7

80–84

3,830

8.5

55.1

46.5

85 or older

2,770

11.3

60.7

49.5

Men

11,369

4.9

41.2

36.3

65–69

3,361

4.4

31.0

26.6

70–74

3,086

5.4

39.3

33.9

75–79

2,434

4.2

47.2

43.0

80–84

1,531

4.5

48.2

43.7

85 or older

957

7.3

56.7

49.4

Women

15,077

9.2

51.7

42.5

65–69

3,684

6.9

39.7

32.9

70–74

3,744

7.5

47.6

40.1

75–79

3,538

10.1

57.7

47.6

80–84

2,298

11.2

59.6

48.4

85 or older

1,813

13.4

62.8

49.5

Black

All persons

2,419

21.0

59.6

38.6

65–69

727

13.7

47.2

33.5

70–74

653

20.6

57.5

36.9

75–79

499

20.6

65.8

45.2

80–84

310

28.5

70.0

41.5

85 or older

230

35.5

77.1

41.6

Men

948

16.2

55.5

39.2

65–69

316

12.1

40.0

27.9

70–74

227

12.9

56.3

43.5

75–79

191

13.7

58.3

44.6

80–84

134

23.4

72.3

48.9

85 or older

81

35.8

78.7

42.8

Women

1,471

24.0

62.3

38.2

65–69

411

15.0

52.8

37.8

70–74

427

24.7

58.2

33.4

75–79

309

24.8

70.4

45.6

80–84

176

32.5

68.3

35.8

85 or older

149

35.3

76.2

41.0

Hispanic origin c

All persons

1,473

15.6

55.3

39.7

65–69

481

14.8

47.8

33.1

70–74

383

15.6

54.5

38.9

75–79

322

17.2

59.6

42.3

80–84

166

17.0

67.6

50.6

85 or older

121

12.9

59.2

46.4

Men

629

14.1

53.2

39.1

65–69

212

15.1

43.0

27.9

70–74

179

17.9

55.8

37.9

75–79

124

11.1

54.5

43.4

80–84

69

b

b

b

85 or older

45

b

b

b

Women

844

16.7

56.9

40.1

65–69

269

14.5

51.7

37.2

70–74

204

13.5

53.3

39.8

75–79

198

21.1

62.8

41.7

80–84

97

19.2

64.1

44.9

85 or older

76

18.7

59.7

41.0

NOTE: The family money income of aged persons is compared with the official poverty lines of families in 2000.

a. Includes persons who are separated or married but living apart from their spouse.